The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-21
Indications that the Choice Will Fall Upon
Justin Mccarthy, Provided Political Events
Will Kindly Await His Return Home.
One Hundred Well-Armed Bailiffs Baf-
fled by Twenty-Five Irish Girls.
Two Lordly Gentlemen Engage in Fisticuff
in Box of London Theater-The Kind
of Questions Asked Cardinal Gibbons.
PARNELL.s SUCCESSOR.


Mccarthy Will Probably Take His Place.
Boston, Feb. 2O.-E. A. Perry cables from
London to the Herald as follows: 1.-The question
Of choice of leader by the Irish party to di-
rect the action in the House during Mr.. Parnells
absence is discussed both publicly and in private
circles For, although the duration of the re-
tirement is in dispute, it is admitted that
the condition of Mr. Parnells health calls i'm
peratively for complete rest from parliamentary
work From information which comes to me
through a trustworthy channel l feol safe in
predicting that the mantle of the Irish Elijah
will not fall until Elisha is we'll under it, and, at
present, Elisha is in America, where rumor says
he is making money faster than he ever made it
before, SO that he is not disinclined to hold his
dish right side up while the golden shower lasts.
Nowhere among the subdivisions of the Irish
party in the House is there any desire to take up
the succession question until Mr.. Justin Mccarthy
returns from his lecturing tour. All recognize
his availableness as compromise candidate, for
he stands we'll with every section of his party.
The Irish members know that Mr.. Mccarthy is
at heart Nationalist of extreme views, in spite
of the mild and benevolent air which has made
HIM warm friends in Irish circles quite out of
rarely takes off the velvet glove, the iron hand
is there and on occasions he does not hesitate to
show it. He knows how to wait AS we'll as how
to push matters His easy oratorical style,
though perhaps better suited for the dinner
table than for parliamentary debate always Sc
cures him the ear of the House. With these
qualifications. be cannot prudently be left out of
sight in the new arrangements regarding the d-
rection of the party, and the Parnellites
and the Nationalists, who reject the name of
Parnellite, and the out -and-out repealers are all
willing to await his temperance. But it is not
certain that events will be as patient. Mr. Par
nells strength may give way at any moment
and the sudden collapse of the obstruction cam
paign against the address shows that the
speaker, with his present power, can everturn
the calculations of the most accomplished block
ers of legislation. Irish members, even the
most yenturesome of them, are disinclined to
follow Archbishop Croke in his advocacy of the
non n-payment of taxes. The aggressive section
of the party speak of his Anita manifesto as
premature, while the conservative section ex-
press their dissent in far more emphatic
| terms They point out that the taxes
for the current financial year, ending
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| that. as matter of fact. most of the items were
passed with the assent of the Irish members.
| They argue that if an anti-tax movement is to
have any moral strength. even from the Hiber-
nian standpoint, it should be preceded by a
steady refusal the part Of the Parnellite
members to vote supplies. That could be done
this session, but it was not done, or thought of,
last year There is no parliamentary difficulty
| in the matter It would not be necessary to
force division on every item A mere verbal
| negative from the benches below the gangway to
each proposal, followed by division agains,
the appropriation bill az a whole, would suffice
to establish the constitutional protest of the ma
jority Of Irelands representatives against i'm
perial taxation. With this foundation laid the
Archbishop OF Cashels declaration would logic
ally follow, but, putting considerations of logic
and morals aside, an ant-tax agitation in Ire
land would be a dangerous move politically
It would break the already strained alliance be
tween the Parnellites and the Gladstonian Lib
erals Good judges of parliamentary sentimen
say that the Nationasts would hardly get sixt,
English, Welsh and Scotch members to worl
with them if they were to push their campag
for modified strike against rent to genera
strike against taxes"